From cc87008e765f7e2119dcb4e6e55d2f25c0228921 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jan Henckens <jan@henckens.be>
Date: Fri, 13 Aug 2021 17:59:59 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Fixes a crash when using Scout with Commerce #178

---
 CHANGELOG.md       | 3 ++-
 src/ScoutIndex.php | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f8c6094..02de1fd 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 # Scout Changelog
 
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
-## 2.4.1 - Unreleased
+## 2.4.1 - 2021-08-13
 
 ### Fixed
 - CP Utility now works for indexes using the wildcard selector for siteId ([#163](https://github.com/studioespresso/craft-scout/issues/163))
 - CP Utility labels are now translatable
+- Fixed compatibility with Craft Commerce ([#178](https://github.com/studioespresso/craft-scout/issues/178))
 
 ## 2.3.1 - 2020-06-16
 
diff --git a/src/ScoutIndex.php b/src/ScoutIndex.php
index 931e381..9372a29 100644
--- a/src/ScoutIndex.php
+++ b/src/ScoutIndex.php
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ public static function create(string $indexName): self
 
     public function elementType(string $class): self
     {
-        if (!(new $class()) instanceof Element) {
+        if (!is_subclass_of($class, Element::class)) {
             throw new Exception("Invalid Element Type {$class}");
         }